A few months since private investigator, Emma Monique, and police officer, Kaj Kejsaren, had earned their prestige for their efforts that led to the dismantling of a major criminal organization in Harlech, they now return with a new assignment that involves the notorious Medici crime family. Emma is tasked to retrieve lost money in the hands of the nefarious mafia whereas Kaj is tasked to go undercover and expose the financial crimes of Medici Bank. Both investigators eventually come together again as their pains in this investigation become too familiar for them and they reflect on a similar situation fifteen years ago where together they had investigated rumors of a romantic affair. Just as the investigation fifteen years ago had its hardship on the duo, so too does the investigation fifteen years later, but not without lessons learned that could aid the two lest either of them lose their grace.
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The Fourth Level – Book 16 – Contingent
Diana Cambridge and Tristan Merrick have set their lives at a change of course, but as the time ticks, Tristan’s anxieties are mixed with uncertainty of the future ahead of him. When Charlemagne invites the couple to the manor, they announce the changes in their lives to a troubled Charlemagne who reveals the magnum opus of his innovations: a device he believes can take him into the future.
However, the completion of this long-time project is not what troubles Charlemagne as the couple soon find out when their guardian quietly leaves them in order to correct the mistakes of his past, which has resulted in close friends of theirs, or family really, to have wandered into the time machine and become lost in a different world to their own. Diana and Tristan instantly go after Charlemagne, but only for themselves to become lost in a different world where they are forced to confront the issues at hand, which for Tristan, takes the form of confronting his own demons, himself, and then evil itself in order to become the man that he needs to be in order to save Diana, his family, and all those that he loves.
The Fourth Level – Book 14 – Evolution
The end of summer is nigh and it is time for Diana Cambridge and Tristan Merrick to return from Isla Paraiso and come to their new home in the City of Harlech, where they are set to begin their first semester at university.
However, this change of scenery, livelihood, and environment unsettles both Diana and Tristan, who grow distant from each other. The changes are most dire within Tristan whose unstable psyche grows increasingly to a tipping point as all that he thought he knew, hoped, and dreamed becomes fantasy, and the weight of responsibility and expectation become too much on him. These changes are more subtle for Diana, but she holds steady as she comes closer to her Christian faith, but even the sanctity of the Church is not free from the subversion of evil and she comes under as well.
Will Diana and Tristan’s relationship hold steady in the face of this inevitable storm, or is this the end of the couple? Can anyone save them, or were they doomed from the start? Will they be able to adapt to the changes and overcome the darkness ahead…?
The Fourth Level – Book 6 – Fallen Angel
When a meteorite crashes behind Charlemagne de la Cabernet’s home, Charlemagne quickly collects it and begins to analyze the foreign material for its extraterrestrial qualities. Astounded by the material, others seek it from him – those that seek to recollect what was of the meteorite, and those that seek to collect what is of the meteorite. In addition, the children become involved in the conflict as Tristan is abducted and Diana assists Charlemagne in negotiating Tristan’s return.
However, an apocalyptic threat emerges out of the conflict between these three interest groups, and in an attempt to prevent an all-out war, Charlemagne, with the help of the children, work with the rebels of the two other groups to form a special task force to maintain the peace.
Will peace be maintained or is war inevitable? What is the greater interest of the meteorite and where did it come from? What lies in the skies above…?
A Different Kind of War
Artem Smirnov has had days at St. Thomas More Secondary School that have resonated with him. A Different Kind of War is a two-part novel that details Artem’s life at this school as he overcomes specific issues that arise during his adolescent years from the ages of 14 to 17, such as issues related to friendship, romance, sexuality, his spirituality, his ego, his existence and purpose, and the existence of God. Throughout these years, Artem learns to suffer in a wider world, and chooses whether to either cope, evade, or confront these wider issues to become the man that he hopes to be, and learns what it means to live in the real world.